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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Basic Information

Type Private

Location Cambridge, MA

Population 4,000,000

Website http://web.mit.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,571

Men / Women 52% / 48%

Asian 29%

White 22%

Hispanic 13%

International 12%

Black 7%

Mixed 6%

Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Engineering, Computing & Math 84%

Life & Natural Sciences 12%

Business & Economics 2%

Arts 1%

Humanities & Social Sciences 1%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $59,320

Est. Cost of Attendance $82,730

10-Year ROI $579,000

ROI Percentile 100th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 99%

4-Year Graduation Rate 83%

6-Year Graduation Rate 96%

Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71th pctl)

Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56th pctl)

Days Without Precipitation 239 (33th pctl)

Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 5%

Yield (Unbound) 86%

Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Engineering, Computing & Math	$547M	#5
Humanities & Social Sciences	$60M	#19
Life & Natural Sciences	$370M	#55

Graduate Degrees

Engineering, Computing & Math	430	#3
Life & Natural Sciences	175	#154
Humanities & Social Sciences	68	#224

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_required

Submitted Test Scores 100%

SAT Range 1,520 – 1,580

ACT Range 34 – 36

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
School of Architecture and Planning	16	31% / 69%	6%	$92,529
Architecture (Course 4)	7 +4	43% / 57%	14%	$81,246
Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science (Course 11-6)	9 +2	22% / 78%	0%	$101,306

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
School of Engineering	736	52% / 48%	9%	$168,967
Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16)	55 +2	71% / 29%	2%	$136,267
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making (Course 6-4)	19 +18	84% / 16%	16%	—
Biological Engineering (Course 20)	48 +1	12% / 88%	8%	$128,346
Chemical Engineering (Course 10)	32 —	31% / 69%	3%	$115,417
Chemical-Biological Engineering (Course 10-B)	17 +2	53% / 47%	18%	$115,417
Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1)	4 —	25% / 75%	0%	$88,219
Computer Science and Engineering (Course 6-3)	323 +43	58% / 42%	13%	$203,763
Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science (Course 6-14)	39 +15	46% / 54%	8%	—
Electrical Engineering with Computing (Course 6-5)	58 +13	59% / 41%	3%	$184,536
Environmental Engineering Science (Course 1-ENG)	5 —	20% / 80%	20%	—
Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3)	23 —	26% / 74%	0%	$90,805
Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)	104 +2	47% / 53%	5%	$133,881
Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)	9 +1	33% / 67%	0%	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS)	20	60% / 40%	5%
Mathematical Economics (Course 14-2)	6 +8	50% / 50%	0%	—
Humanities and Engineering/Science (Course 21E/21S)	6 +3	67% / 33%	0%	—
Philosophy (Course 24-1)	2 +2	100% / 0%	0%	—
Political Science (Course 17)	4 +3	50% / 50%	25%	—
Writing (Course 21W)	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
School of Science	312	49% / 51%	14%	$159,583
Financial Mathematics (Course 18)	19 +4	58% / 42%	5%	—
Mathematics (Course 18)	98 +75	61% / 39%	22%	$209,438
Mathematics with Computer Science (Course 18-C)	19 +1	68% / 32%	11%	—
Physics (Course 8)	49 +21	59% / 41%	16%	$116,906
Biology (Course 7)	23 +12	22% / 78%	4%	$92,008
Chemistry (Course 5)	26 —	46% / 54%	31%	$111,877
Climate System Science and Engineering (Course 1-12)	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	—
Computation and Cognition (Course 6-9)	44 +5	34% / 66%	5%	—
Computer Science and Molecular Biology (Course 6-7)	22 +1	27% / 73%	0%	—
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)	4 +1	0% / 100%	0%	—
Neuroscience (Course 9)	7 +7	29% / 71%	0%	—